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LOT 1676
Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Bronze Plate Brooch with Beast Facing Back
9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/4 in. (9.51 grams, 31 mm).
Disc brooch with low-relief regardant beast motif within a segmented border; catchplate and pin-lugs to the reverse.
ProvenanceFound Yoxford, Suffolk, UK, circa 1980.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Cf. West, S., A Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Finds From Suffolk, East Anglian Archaeology 84, Ipswich, 1998, plate 96(3).
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LOT 1676
Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Bronze Plate Brooch with Beast Facing Back
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
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Scandinavian Pre-Viking Bronze Mount on Original Leather Strap Section
6th-7th century A.D.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £120
Modelled in the half-round, profile figure with drinking horn, attached to a fragment of leather strap. 2.84 grams, 34 mm
From the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Viking Bronze Fire Steel with Mounted Warriors
Circa 10th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
With handle formed as stylised regardant beasts, openwork cells between, each head defined on both sides by a stamped dot-in-ring motif signifying an eye; iron below, also with an elaborate openwork design comprising a series of circles. 33.3 grams, 64 mm
From the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s. -
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Very Large Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Bronze Horse Harness Link
11th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,380
Lozengiform in plan with pierced bulb to opposed angles, one with ring in situ; obverse with reserved rim, beast in profile with bent forelegs and gaping jaws, tail curled above the back, attacking a serpentine creature with segmented body and three-toed claws. 81 grams, 10.8 cm
Found Lincolshire, UK. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12988-242245.
Openwork rhombic mounts were found in various Scandinavian places. One was found, for example, in a sunken hut at Sebbersund in Northern Jutland, and dated to the passage of 10th-11th century A.D. An openwork mount depicting a four-legged animal from Lund was excavated from a pit in a cultural deposit with dendro-chronological dates between 1060-1070.
